[theFIRMbss]

>The difference between science and religion is that liars in science are eventually overtaken by events, revealed by further research

Everybody "knew"
Leibniz's calculus was
solid even though

it was built around
infinitesimals. But
that didn't prevent

Bishop Berkeley from
attacking it built around
religious problems.

And mainstream science
(well, mathematics) bought
into the attacks.

Hundreds of years on
we are still stuck with limits
although Robinson

clear up the loose ends
of infinitesimals
back in '66.

It's not always clear
science is "self-correcting"
or that "corrections"

make a difference
once the damage has been done.
Some things don't clean up.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

Math isn't science.

[js1138]

Mathematics is not widely regarded as an experimental science, or one in which new ideas are suggested by new data. Mathematics, like philosophy, is axiomatic and deductive rather than empirical and inductive.